The American Society of Theatre Consultants Announces Acceptance of New Members

The American Society of Theatre Consultants (ASTC) has admitted six theatre consultants into its membership. Tony Forman, Robert Hill, Albert "Rusty" Cadaret, and Paul Luntsford have been accepted as full members, while Harold "Chip" Ulich and Paul Sanow have been upgraded from associate to full members.

Tony Forman, senior consultant with Theatre Projects Consultants, Inc., has more than 25 years of experience working in international, regional, and college theatre. Joining TPC in 2007, he has provided project management, programming, theatre planning, and consultation on facility management and operations. He has served as project manager on the renovation, refurbishment, and new construction of more than 30 venues for TPC.

Robert Hill, senior associate with Auerbach, Pollock, Friedlander, joined the San Francisco office in 2006 working as project manager, senior consultant, and designer. He brings more than 15 years of technical theatre and theatrical lighting design experience to the firm, including work on more than 100 operas in the United States, including company lighting designer for the San Francisco Opera. His work with Auerbach Consultants has ranged from corporate conference centers, large Las Vegas venues to university auditoriums.

Albert "Rusty" Cadaret is a founding partner with TSG Design Solutions. Prior to the 1995 founding of TSG Design Solutions, Inc., Cadaret worked as a technical manager and director for an array of theatres. With a strong background in audio systems engineering and onsite installations, he has worked on various projects from amphitheatres to college multi-use auditoriums and theatres.

With an educational background in architecture and engineering, Paul Luntsford, president and principal consultant of PLA Designs, has been a facilities design consultant since 1976. He has a portfolio of projects national in scope, consisting of professional and educational performing arts centers, broadcast facilities, museum and theme park attractions, neighborhood churches, and mega-church worship centers.

Harold "Chip" Ulich, a project theatre consultant at Schuler Shook, has worked as technical director and director of operations at Herberger Theater Center in Phoenix and special projects director for Scottsdale Cultural Council. Joining Schuler Shook in 2006, Ulich has combined his experience in theatre operations and building management with his knowledge of lighting systems for a wide range of performing arts venues.

After a brief stint with the New Mexico Repertory Theatre as master electrician, Paul Sanow, consultant at Bill Conner Associates LLC, joined Vincent Lighting Systems, where he worked for 15 years collaborating with lighting representatives, engineers, and consultants developing new projects. Sanow has worked with Bill Conner Associates since 2007, consulting on projects for high schools, colleges, and regional theatres.